As I was fine tuning version 2.0 of a self coaching program, I asked myself many questions that I thought people needed to answer to move forward.  One of them is “Is easier harder?”  is it better? Do you have to slow down to go faster?  People want their lives to be easier but they’re not sure just what that means.  It’s a vague concept to them and therefore makes their life harder in even trying to answer it.

Some people are so busy trying to make everyone else’s life easier, it complicates their lives ten times over.  People don’t want to ‘rock the boat’ and speak up for what they really want so they run instead of confront.  Thing is, eventually they’ll run out of energy by running away or hiding out and it’ll all catch up to them in one fell swoop.

We live in a world of contradictions, most of them created by ourselves.  Go figure.  Why do we do that exactly? If you find yourself in that category, what value do you get from it? 

So in this program I’ve reflected on what the contradictions are such as “People want to take more time for themselves but they don’t book it off or just take it.  They give it away to everyone else.

People minimize their greatness by hiding under a veil of mediocrity.  They want to be praised by often negate a compliment.  Any of this sound familiar?

How can you measure a great day…..great life?  Until you figure out the answers to these questions you will struggle to create a life of choice that you love.  Thing is if you hide those questions away and not answer them….you will stay pretty much where you are right now.

So I leave you with this…

“There is a point where in the mystery of existence contradictions meet; where movement is not all movement and stillness is not all stillness; where the idea and the form, the within and the without, are united; where infinite becomes finite, yet not”  -  Rabindranath Tagore

For those of you who want to dive in and try our new version of “It’s All About You….and Others v2.0″ it just lauched. 

You can access it at http://www.itsallaboutyouandothers.com   If you’d like to add coaching to the equation, let us know and we’ll set it up.  In the meantime, pay attention to your contradictions and how you might unravel the puzzle.

Simple!

Best…
Donna Karlin

Founder and Principal 

A Better Perspective